Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
US ALBUM CHART PUBLISHED BY BILLBOARD
Billboard Black Albums; Black Albums; Hot R&B LPs; Top Black Albums; Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums; Soul Albums; Hot R&B/Hip-hop albums; Rap Albums; Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums; R&B/Hip-Hop Albums; Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart; Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop number-one albums; Top R&B Albums; Top Rap Albums; R&B Albums; Billboard Black Albums Chart
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, 1965@ in an effort by the magazine to further expand into the field of rhythm and blues music.